Comments for Wireless Stuff By Joe Walsh

Comment on Deposit Checks With Your Cell Phone by TJ

TJ — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:57:13 +0000

This might be old news for you since May, but…
I have used USAA’s Android App to deposit several checks. All have gone through fine. My only critique is that you have to flatten the check (which is a pain if it was folded in half or in your wallet for a while) and place it against a dark background. It took me three or four photos and black construction paper to get it just right… could be my phone though.
Even though it was a bit of a pain, it was still much faster than driving to the bank.

Comment on Should Apple Sign a Deal with Verizon for the iPhone by Jule Ceretti

Jule Ceretti — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:11:55 +0000

The processor is labeled as a little bit newer model number however it and also the GPU are likely the similar speed as the 3GS. The old Contact with the similar CPU and GPU since the 3G was faster. Besides getting the clock speed turned up greater the Touch has less software programs to run because it is not a phone. It should do more than any iPhone to this day in overall performance.

Comment on Femtocells – Your own cell tower by josmwalsh

josmwalsh — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:06:09 +0000

Pamela – Sorry for the long delay. AT&T is still reportedly trying to launch this year (may have already…) Last I heard they were trialing in Charlotte, NC. You can check out the website at: http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/3gmicrocell/. Pricing has not been set yet, but in the trial they are testing $10 per month if you have an additional AT&T product (home phone or Internet) and $20 if you only have wireless. I would have to think that this price will be lower when they launch. (It should be!)

Comment on Femtocells – Your own cell tower by Pamela Peters

Pamela Peters — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:21:09 +0000

I hear ATT will be putting ourt a femtocell sometime this year. Any wor on when?
thanks,
Pamela

Comment on New BlackBerry OS – Will it solve the problems? by josmwalsh

josmwalsh — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:25:47 +0000

You are correct. I thought that the iPhone allowed minor OS upgrades over the air, however they have only done application updates OTA.

Comment on New BlackBerry OS – Will it solve the problems? by Scott Huddleston

Scott Huddleston — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:32:26 +0000

The iPhone does not do OTA OS updates.

Comment on As If 4G Was A Choice by josmwalsh

josmwalsh — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:44:34 +0000

As with any significant network upgrade, there will be build-out of new hardware. This will likely include adding LTE to existing towers and new towers. This is particularly true for new spectrum that will be used to support LTE.

The more significant issue is backhaul, or the communication link from the tower back to the switch. I believe that the current average backhaul from a 3G tower is around 6 Mbps. If you are looking at providing 30 Mbps per second for each subscriber, you need to have significantly more bandwidth.

Comment on As If 4G Was A Choice by Fixed Wireless Broadband

Fixed Wireless Broadband — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:11:47 +0000

Is LTE going to work on the same GSM infrastructure, or will it require a new build-out of tower networks?

Comment on Femtocells – Your own cell tower by iPhone or Storm – A Not So Surprising Answer « Wireless Stuff By Joe Walsh

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:51:39 +0000

[...] coverage in one of the areas but still want a cool phone, check into Femtocells. (Read my post Femtocells – Your Own Cell Tower) VZW has released theirs and I know that AT&T was working on [...]

Comment on The Accessory You Didn’t Know You Needed by josmwalsh

josmwalsh — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:32:06 +0000

Think I may have to skip out on the Storm 2 because my contract isn’t up for another 18 months. Don’t want to pay full price…